Word info

wait out

Verb

Meaning

wait out (third-person singular simple present waits out, present participle waiting out, simple past and past participle waited out)

(idiomatic) To wait through (something); wait (through) till the end; patiently endure.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I'll wait out here until the two of you are finished. Just call out if you need anything. Like a priest, cop, or lion tamer. (Aimee) Sherrilyn Kenyon

When you're on a series, it's tough to go on and do something else afterward. If you're smart, save your money and you can wait out the bad times, until something else comes along. Michael Dorn

The Falstaff people, romantics all, went for it. They were so anxious to find out what I was going to do that they could hardly bear to wait out the two weeks. I was rather anxious to find out what I was going to do, too. Bill Veeck

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